The Economist Intelligence Unit's central forecast is that Belgium will still be a single state in 2019, as agreeing the terms of a split between the Flemish and francophone communities would be as hard as agreeing to stay together.
Real GDP grew by just 0.2% in 2013, with weak domestic demand weighing on output We estimate growth of 0.9% in 2014, accelerating to an annual average of 1.5% in 2015-19 as external conditions improve mildly.Inflation, as measured by the EU harmonised index, is forecast to pick up in 2015-16 and to average an annual 19% in 2015-19.

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